Numbers 9:8
in Numbers 9“Wait here until I find out what the LORD commands concerning you,” Moses replied.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Moses said unto them, Stay ye, that I may hear what Jehovah will command concerning you.
KJV
And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the Lord will command concerning you.
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This verse in Numbers 9
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Stand still, and I will hear what
Moses gives no ruling of his own, and the sentence he speaks is the shape of every case in Numbers the law had not covered. The sabbath-breaker at 15:32-36, the daughters of Zelophehad at 27:1-11 and the reopening of their case at 36:1-12 all run this way, and Leviticus 24:12 had already held a man in ward until the mind of the Lord was shewed. What the petitioners are told to do while the answer is waited for is stand still.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
To leave the crowds and return to the tabernacle means to leave the tumult of external things behind and enter the hidden places of the mind. For the Lord is consulted there, and one hears, silently and within, what should be done outside and publicly. …
The Medieval Church1 voice
A commentator
PateriusEXPOSITION OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT, NUMBERS 5 · Written before 606.
proposed
To leave the crowds and return to the tabernacle means to leave the tumult of external things behind and enter the hidden places of the mind. For the Lord is consulted there, and one hears, silently and within, what should be done outside and publicly. …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And Moses said unto them, stand still,....
We have no such oracle to consult as Moses had, but we must have recourse to the law and the testimony, and speak according to that rule; and if, in difficult cases, we take time to spread the matter in particular before God by humble believing prayer, we have reason to hope that the Spirit who is promised to lead us into all truth will enable us to direct others in the good and right way.
How the passage was read
On Numbers 9:1-14On Numbers 9:1-14
The make-up Passover
This passage creates something rare in the Law: a second chance at a feast. Anyone unclean or far away at Passover could keep it exactly one month later, on the 14th of the second month. Jewish tradition calls it Pesach Sheni, “Second Passover,” and it is still marked lightly today (some eat a piece of matzah on the day). Israel's kings used the provision at national scale: Hezekiah's great Passover was held in the second month on exactly this ground (2 Chronicles 30).
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Sources: Mishnah Pesachim 9:1 (who keeps the Second Passover) · 2 Chronicles 30 (the provision used nationally)
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֥אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֲלֵהֶ֖ם | ʾalehem | to them | H413 → | 5510 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֑ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| עִמְד֣וּ | ʾimdu | stand | H5975 → | 521 times |
| וְאֶשְׁמְעָ֔ה | veeshmeah | so let me hear | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| מַה־ | mah- | what? | H4100 → | 752 times |
| יְצַוֶּ֥ה | yetzaveh | will he command | H6680 → | 494 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| לָכֶֽם׃ פ | lakhem | of <the> you |
וַיֹּ֥אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
אֲלֵהֶ֖םto them
ʾalehemH413 →5510 times
מֹשֶׁ֑הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
עִמְד֣וּstand
ʾimduH5975 →521 times
וְאֶשְׁמְעָ֔הso let me hear
veeshmeahH8085 →1159 times
מַה־what?
mah-H4100 →752 times
יְצַוֶּ֥הwill he command
yetzavehH6680 →494 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
לָכֶֽם׃ פof <the> you
lakhem
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Chronicles 20:17You need not fight this battle. Take up your positions, stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid or discouraged. Go out…
it leads to
- Exodus 14:13–14
But Moses told the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the LORD’s salvation, which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians you see today, you will never…
- 2 Chronicles 15:2
So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him,…
- Isaiah 41:10
Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand…
- Psalms 46:10–11
“Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.”
- Matthew 28:20
and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
- Exodus 14:13–14
Through
1 Corinthians 11:23For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night He was betrayed, took bread,
it leads to
- Luke 22:19–20
And He took the bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body, given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”
- Matthew 26:26–28
While they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is My body.”
- Luke 22:19–20
Through
Psalms 85:8I will listen to what God the LORD will say; for He will surely speak peace to His people and His saints; He will not let them return to folly.
it leads to
- Psalms 29:11
The LORD gives His people strength; the LORD blesses His people with peace.
- Psalms 29:11
Where this verse is studied
On this page
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Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on John Calvin, Commentary on the Four Last Books of Moses Arranged in the Form of a Harmony; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Pacian of Barcelona, Commentary (church-history corpus) and Paterius, EXPOSITION OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT, NUMBERS 5.